News of the British mining of stunned Swedish dered the situation most delicate at present and believed the further maintenance of Scandinavian neutral-who tremble in the face of r, and that death by lon caused by blockade is more than a soldier's death on the d)' declares the "Allgemeine today in commenting on the ian waters by the Diplomatic preliminary action, the p continues, Sons closely owed by military action, "not MEN EX enor more would have been needed, but inst neutrals, "Even before the Norwegian and Swedish Governments were able to aint themselves with this threat-ote of the Allies, their mine-layers were already in action. The world may be convinced that Germany plot' will be able to cope with this criminal
Brussels Impressed z Brussels, Apr, 8.
Belgian political circles were much impressed today by the frmness of the attitude of the Allies, but refrained from taking any oMeial. stand on the matter, simply Dointing out that it is the first sign of "stiffening" of the Allies' position.
From a strictly juridical point of view the blockade measures might be open to discussion, unofficial circles point out, but from a moral viewpoint the Allies position is unanswerable, These measures, the same circles declare, were inevitable, and indicate that the war is now entering its true active phase.—Havas.
Nasi Pressure on Neutrals stated this latest action is indica-of the course the Allies want
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